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Product Showcase - Applications			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using a Mobile Device's Camera in Business Solutions Updated: 3 Jul 2008   This article describes how to use the built-in camera and microphone of a mobile device in business applications targeting .NET Compact Framework. VS.NET2003, VS2005, Windows, WinCE, .NET CF, .NET, Visual Studio, Mobile, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Vladimír Gregor	4.67
Robust Spreadsheet for State Agency Application Updated: 2 Jul 2008   Spread from FarPoint Technologies provides spreadsheet capability that is more robust than an ordinary grid and is more customizable than Excel. .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Bill Albing, R. Kevin Chandros	2.00
Build Better Software Using Telerik RadControls, Visual Studio 2008, and .NET 3.5 Updated: 16 Jan 2008   Traditionally, Telerik has always been hand-in-hand with the latest Microsoft technologies. As Visual Studio 2008 is already available, Telerik has prepared the industry leading UI components to leverage the latest from Microsoft so that developers can begin building tomorrow’s solutions today. C#, ASP.NET, Dev, Intermediate	Todd Anglin
Benefits of Adding OLAP Services to Dashboards and Business Intelligence Applications Updated: 25 Mar 2008   Discussing the benefits of OLAP CEO, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Dundas Software
Easily Create AJAX Enabled Applications with Swan Updated: 17 Jun 2008   Swan makes building rich web applications easy. XML, Java, HTML, Dev, PHP, Ajax, Intermediate, J2EE, Apache	ObjectWave Corp
PDF for Silverlight Updated: 30 Jun 2008   Leveraging the power of Silverlight to view PDF documents and forms .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Amyuni Tech, Dany Amiouny
Create Data-entry Forms in Minutes Using ComponentOne InputPanel Updated: 18 Jul 2008   ComponentOne InputPanel for WinForms is a new paradigm to create and maintain data-entry forms. It is a panel that is placed on a form to help create powerful data input applications. Simply connect C1InputPanel to any data source and an input control for each field is automatically created for you. VS2005, VS2008, C#, VB, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev, Intermediate	ComponentOne
Product Showcase - Components and Libraries			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
PDF Forms and JavaScript - 100% .NET Class Library Updated: 3 Mar 2008   PDFKit.NET 2.0 is a 100% .NET component written entirely in C# for creating, manipulating and reading PDF documents and PDF forms. This article will focus on the form and JavaScript features of PDFKit.NET 2.0. I will show how to fill existing forms, create new forms and add client-side JavaScript. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Frank Rem
Product Showcase - Database			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Native XML Databases: Why Should You Care? Updated: 30 May 2008   In this paper, learn how you can store XML documents in an integrated, scalable, high-performance, object-oriented native XML database and take advantage of fast access to every element of an XML document regardless of the number of concurrent users, the number of documents, or the database size. XML, Java, Java, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Prateek Kathpal	3.00
Product Showcase - Development Tools			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Intel AVX: New Frontiers in Performance Improvements and Energy Efficiency Updated: 19 Jun 2008   This paper will provide a brief background on ISA, and then give an overview of the new instructions and capabilities of the Intel AVX and advantages of these innovative instructions across various applications and programming models. Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Intel Software Network	4.00
Let's Do a Code Review with SlickEdit Tools (Part 1) Updated: 30 Jun 2008   This article is the first part of a series that shows effective ways to do code reviews with SlickEdit® Tools VS2005, VS2008, C++, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	SlickEdit Inc.	3.57
Why You Should Own a Code Profiling Tool Updated: 5 May 2008   Find out why you should invest in a code profiling tool and what difference it can make to your applications. VS.NET2003, VS2005, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Red Gate Software	3.00
Static Analysis on Steroids: Parasoft BugDetective Updated: 20 May 2008   Data flow analysis enables early and effortless detection of critical runtime errors like exceptions, resource leaks, and security vulnerabilities. It can also check if exceptions reported from automated unit testing are “real bugs.” C++, Java, Architect, Dev, QA, Linux, Intermediate	Parasoft Corporation	2.78
Understanding the Sea of Data: Infragistics Helps Developers Visualize Data Updated: 22 Jan 2008   Technology’s ability to efficiently capture, store and retrieve data is only part of the story. As data warehouses grow, business needs for digesting and presenting data in consumable, understandable ways will also grow. Infragistics helps developers meet that need with strong tooling and guidance. VS2005, VS2008, ASP.NET, Windows, Java, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, WPF, Intermediate	Infragistics Community	1.57
Grid Computing Simplified: Accelerating Sequential Processes Using XGE Updated: 1 Apr 2007   Many routine processes like unit-test scripts, builds and others still take an unreasonably long time to execute. This article describes how to speed up execution of complex builds, scripts and custom applications by converting them into distributed, parallel processes C++, C++/CLI, C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Uri Mishol
What can SmartLabels™ Technology do for me? Updated: 25 Mar 2008   By Andrew Bryan, Product Manager, Dundas Data Visualization Inc. C#, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Dundas Software
Deploying an ASP.NET AJAX RSS Reader on Linux Updated: 10 Apr 2008   Written by Jonas Martinsson, an entrepreneur and member of Mainsoft's development team. Jonas helped to integrate Mainsoft's .NET-Java EE interoperability products with the Visual Studio IDE. ASP.NET, Java, .NET, Architect, Dev, Linux, Ajax, Intermediate	J Martinsson
Building a Visual Studio DebuggerVisualizer with a Custom Serializer Updated: 6 May 2008   For most any Serializeable object, making a DebuggerVisualizer is exceeding simple and examples abound. However, if you are trying to build a DebuggerVisualizer for an object which is not Serializable or takes too long to Serialize and Deserialize, things are not quite so simple. VS2005, VS2008, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Richard Minerich
Building a Blog Server with SQL Anywhere and Wordpress Updated: 27 May 2008   How to create your own blog platform using SQL Anywhere and Wordpress HTML, Architect, Dev, PHP, Intermediate, Apache	Jason Hinsperger
JMS Performance Benchmarks Updated: 28 May 2008   A performance analysis of publish/subscribe throughput Java, Architect, Dev, Intermediate	Atul Saini
Agile Development Updated: 30 Jun 2008   Five Steps to Continuous Integration Windows, Java, Dev, Linux, Intermediate, MacOS	John Graham-Cumming
Product Showcase - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Selecting the Right Dashboard Platform: Thoughts from a Lowly Dashboard Developer Updated: 8 Nov 2007   Choosing the right technology to use for building an in-house digital dashboard solution is important to the success of your project. C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	ayushs	4.00
Securing XML Web Services: XML Firewalls and XML VPNs Updated: 16 May 2008   Discuss XML and Web services-specific security challenges and presents the limitations of an SSL or sole XML Firewall solution. Outlines the attributes of an ideal Web services security solution. XML, Java, Architect, Linux, Ajax, Intermediate	Layer 7 Technologies
Version Control Challenges in Agile Environments Updated: 2 Jul 2008   The Agile Manifesto states that individuals and interactions are more important than processes and tools. I pretty much agree with that. But the iterative nature of agile projects also raises some particular challenges to version control, which are just as important for small shops. Windows, Java, Architect, Dev, Linux, Intermediate, SysAdmin	Kenji Sulzberger